Elac B5 and B6??? Just another flash in the pan speaker?? or worth it


Has anyone bought or now own either the Elac B5 or B6  bookshelf speaker designed by Andrew Jones.  I ask because I recall when the Wharfdale 10.1 speaker can on the market, there was a lot of good reviews and testimonials,  The same occurred with arrival of Music Hall's  "Marimba" speaker" and to a certain degree the  Dali Sensor 3. 

At the time, I was looking for a speaker to just play around with and compare to other speakers I familiar with their sound.  However, I owned the firs two models , and though they were decent sounding speaker, they were not anything special or so called "keepers"  I sold both at a lost.  My Bad!!   BTW, I did not expect a pair of Magico or Wilson's Duettes to emerge from these boxes 

However, I think it unconscionable of reviewers to hype up a product to a level of it being able to take on the "big boys" ,or ".....speakers costing 10X  as much...". Or in, the case of Elac bookshelf speakers  to cite the designer as some type of genius who whipped up these babies in his spare time!!!   

Therefore, I would like some feedback as to either how good to outstanding the Elac speakers are, or whether they are just another passing sky banner of springtime hype.  Thanks    

sunnyjim
Me too.  I have just pressed the order button.   They should arrive by end of next week... 19th maybe.  I hope they are ok - i want a bookshelf option as i am tired of the rega rs5.   We shall hear.

I think the Andrew Jones designed ELAC speakers sound amazing for their price although I haven't heard them personally, don't plan to buy them, and otherwise likely may not hear them anyplace…still…they're great.
I have the F5 floorstanders in a very modest two-channel TV system, and they are pretty damn impressive for anything close to their price. I damp the top of the cabinets with shot, and that seems to help a little bit.

My best friend just got the UF5s, and while I haven't gotten over to hear them yet, he says that they're a step up sonically from the Debut series, but not nearly as big a step as he thought they might be.

But the Debuts (B5, F5) are very good speakers--not only for the price, but very good, period.